5 Mexican Recipes Easy to Make

Nowadays, with the fast-paced life in modern society, it’s completely normal to seek Mexican recipes easy to make because we are constantly looking for ways to save our time, or spend it wisely. Most Mexican dishes require patience and time, some even take all night to prepare (like the barbacoa or the pozole). However, there are some Mexican snacks or foods that can be prepared quickly, some of them are served by many Mexicans as dinner or to accompany their meals.

Here are our 5 Mexican recipes easy to make.

1. Guacamole

One of the most popular Mexican recipes easy to make is the Guacamole. It’s really easy to make and you’ll find it very often over a Mexican table.

Ingredients

2 avocados

1/3 onion

1/2 tomato

1 serrano or 1 jalapeño pepper (depending on your preferences)

Lemon to taste

Sprigs of cilantro to taste

Salt to taste

Directions

Chop the onion into very tiny pieces.

Remove the seeds from the tomato and cut it into very tiny pieces (if you prefer, you can peel the tomato).

Take the cilantro branches and finely chop them. It is important to cut it thinly, and to use a small amount of cilantro because of its strong flavor.

Chop the pepper finely, into very tiny pieces, until you can fill a teaspoon with them.

Wash the avocados and peel them.

Place them in a small bowl and use a fork to puree them.

Add lemon juice to taste, as well as chopped onion, tomato, cilantro and chili.

You can accompany your guacamole with totopos, tortilla toasts or plain tortillas.

2. Mexican duros

If you’re looking for Mexican recipes easy to make to prepare a snack, the duritos would be your best bet.

Ingredients

1 Mexican duro

2 oz of cabbage

1/4 white onion fillet

2 tablespoons of refried beans

3 oz of cueritos on vinegar

Rajas of jalapeno peppers

1 lemon

2 oz. Sour cream

Botanera sauce to taste

Directions

Place the Mexican duro on the table to be able to prepare

Previously slice the cabbage

Cut the onion into slices

Spread refried beans over the hard Mexican duro

Add cabbage

Stir in the filleted onion

Add the cueritos on vinegar

Place jalapeño peppers to taste

Squeeze lemon

Add sour cream

Botanera sauce to taste

3. Refried beans

There isn’t a real Mexican that doesn’t eat refried beans at least once a week, but most true Mexicans eat them daily.

Ingredients

2 cups cooked beans with their broth

¼ onion

3 teaspoons lard

Salt to taste

½ cup grated panela cheese

Directions

Finely chop the onion and put it in a bowl.

Heat a pan over medium heat with the lard.

Add the chopped onion and fry it for about 1 minute.

Add the beans to the pan and also add salt to taste.

With a masher, crush all the ingredients in the pan until you get a pureed consistency.

Fry the beans for about 5 minutes, until they are deep fried and thick.

Sprinkle grated panela cheese on top of your beans.

4. Mexican style sub

Subs and sandwiches aren’t a Mexican tradition, but we can prepare them with Mexican style.

Ingredients

1 Telera

Refried beans

Mayo

Fresh cheese

4 Slices of jam

Oaxaca cheese

Fried Chorizo

Sliced tomatoe

Avocado

Salt

Jalapeño peppers

Directions

Cut the telera with a knife

Spread refried beans on half of a telera

Spread the mayo on the other half of a telera

Add mustard

Sprinkle fresh cheese

Put 4 slices of jam

Add Oaxaca cheese

Put fried chorizo

Add the sliced tomatoe

Put avocado

Add salt

Put some jalapeño peppers

5. Burritos

Burritos are eaten in a lot of Mexican regions, and are easy to make.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil

½ onion

2 green peppers

2 red peppers

2 lbs. of minced meat (the meat of your choice)

Salt to taste

3 pinches of ground pepper

½ lbs. of cheese to melt

6 large flour tortillas

1/3 lbs. refried beans

Directions

Chop the onion and green peppers into small pieces.

Heat the oil on a frying pan.

Add the onion and stir until it gets almost browned.

Once the onion is ready, add the pepper pieces and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, add the minced meat, let it cook. Season the meat with salt and pepper.

Once the meat is cooked, put it in a small bowl.

Heat a comal over medium or low heat.

Heat a flour tortilla, put some refried beans on the tortilla and then add some of the meat. Also, add some cheese above everything.

Fold 3 edges of the flour tortilla toward the center.

Then wrap it to form a roll.

Repeat the last 3 steps until you have made all the burritos.

You can accompany your burritos with a little lettuce, tomato and avocado.

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